AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Lily Gladstone is standing on the cusp of history
Lily Gladstone is the anguished heart and compassionate conscience of Martin Scorsese's Osage tragedy โKillers of the Flower Moon.โ.
What's streaming now: Nicki Minaj's birthday album, Julia Roberts is in trouble and Monk returns
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include a Nicki Minaj album dropping on her birthday and the return of Tony Shalhoub's OCD private investigator Adrian Monk with a final case.
'Showing Up': Kelly Reichardt 'fine with being a side B-erโ
The quiet perceptions, everyday troubles and intermittent moments of transcendence that make up Kelly Reichardtโs films have always had a rhythm apart from most American movies.
New York Film Festival sets lineup for 60th edition
The New York Film Festival will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a robust 32-film main slate and a number of hometown tales, including James Grayโs Queens coming-of-age drama โArmageddon Timeโ and Laura Poitrasโ documentary โAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed,โ about artist Nan Goldinโs battle against the Sackler family.
Back to normal? Cannes Film Festival prepares to party
After the 2020 Cannes Film Festival was canceled by the pandemic and the 2021 edition was scaled back โ even kisses were forbade on the red carpet โ the lavish French Riviera cinema soiree is set to return with a festival that promises to be something like normal.
75th Cannes to feature Cronenberg, Chan-wook and 'Elvis'
With tensions around the war in Ukraine as a backdrop, the Cannes Film Festival plans to host some 35,000 people as the movie industry looks to reclaim its pre-pandemic glamour.
New York film critics name 'Drive My Car' best film of 2021
The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday named โDrive My Car,โ Ryusuke Hamaguchiโs three-hour emotional epic and Haruki Murakamiโs short story adaptation, the best film of the year.
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In possible Oscar preview, 'Nomadland' wins at Spirit Awards
Chloรฉ Zhaoโs โNomadlandโ won best feature at the 36th Independent Spirit Awards in a ceremony that turned the annual beach soiree into a virtual, largely pre-taped event, and, possibly, an Oscar preview.
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Oscar predictions: Can anything beat 'Nomadland'?
Ahead of Sundayโs 93rd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that may see historic wins in multiple categories.
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'Never Rarely' tops Spirit Awards, 'Da 5 Bloods' leads NBRs
The film was nominated for seven Independent Film Spirit Awards including one for best feature. The 36th annual Spirit Awards, like most awards shows during the pandemic, are adjusting to the difficult circumstances. Eliza Hittman's โNever Rarely Sometimes Always,โ a Pennsylvania's teen's odyssey in getting an abortion, racked up nominations for best feature film, best director and best female lead for Sidney Flanigan. Chloe Zhoe's โNomadland,โ starring Frances McDormand, scored five nods, including best feature, best director and best female lead for McDormand. None of the nominees for best feature film were directed by a white male.
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Gothams give virtual start to Oscar season, 'Nomadland' wins
The film won best feature at the Gotham Awards on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Opening the show, Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of the Gotham Film & Media Institute, predicted that there would be โglitches and gremlinsโ throughout the event. All of the films nominated for best feature were directed by women, including lead-nominee getter โFirst Cow,โ by Kelly Reichardt. Zhao, whose โThe Riderโ won best feature at the Gothams two years ago, thanked the festivals that, like the Gothams, carried on despite the trying circumstances. Nicole Behaire won best actress for โMiss Juneteenth.โ โOh, my God,โ she mouthed while still on mute.
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'First Cow' named 2020's best film by New York Film Critics
The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, voted Kelly Reichardts Western fable First Cow the best film of 2020. (Allyson Riggs/A24 via AP)NEW YORK โ The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday voted Kelly Reichardt's Western fable โFirst Cowโ the best film of 2020, while also giving special honors to Spike Lee and the art-house distributor Kino Lorber for their roles in a movie year deeply marred by the pandemic. The film critics, assembling virtually, gave its top award to โFirst Cow,โ a delicate tale of friendship and capitalism in mid-1800s Oregon Territory. The critics pointedly said the honor was for a service โdesigned to help support movie theaters, not destroy them.โThe New York Film Critics Circle Awards are usually part of a wave of critics group honors that can occasionally influence awards season. Other NYFCC picks include: โTimeโ for best non-fiction film; โBacurauโ for best foreign language film; โThe Forty-Year-Old Versionโ for best first film; โWolfwalkers" for best animated film; and the five-film anthology โSmall Axeโ for best cinematography.
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'First Cow,' 'Nomadland' top AP's best films of 2020
This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Frances McDormand in a scene from the film "Nomadland" by Chloe Zhao. Here are our picks for the best movies of 2020:JAKE COYLE1. โDavid Byrneโs American Utopiaโ: Spike Leeโs fiction films make more noise but heโs quietly one of the best documentary filmmakers we have. He may have made the best film of the year in his short film โNew York, New York,โ a tribute to an undefeatable pandemic-stricken city. It's also, with a glorious rendering of Harlem, one of the best New York movies in years.
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Chadwick Boseman, 'First Cow' among Gotham Award nominees
This image released by A24 shows Orion Lee, left, and and John Magaro in a scene from "First Cow." Kelly Reichardt's film led all films in nominations for the 30th annual Gotham Awards with four nods, including best film, best screenplay, best actor for Magaro and breakthrough actor for Lee. The Gotham Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, put forward five films, all directed by women, for best feature film, and a posthumous acting nod for Chadwick Boseman. Kelly Reichardt's โFirst Cowโ led all films in nominations for the 30th annual Gotham Awards with four nods, including best film, best screenplay, best actor for John Magaro and breakthrough actor for Orion Lee. Alongside Boseman and Magaro, the acting nominees are: Riz Ahmed ("Sound of Metal"), Jude Law ("The Nest") and Jesse Plemons ("I'm Thinking of Ending Things").